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Jay Jay Okocha's memorabilia to go on auction from August

Nigerian football legend, Jay Jay Okocha has partnered with consumer sales promotion platform idashnaira as it official auctioning partner for Jay  -Jay Okocha Foundation. The foundation which was unveiled few days back at the I-Naira Digital Hub in Ikoyi, I-Naira.com would help in giving kids and his ex-teammates a new direction in life.

“I come from a very poor family, I’m not from a royal home but through football, my life changed and I have a voice. What is most important in every kid’s life is education but some of these kids are out of school and I think I can use football as a tool to help them get back to school,” Okocha said.

“I will be lying if I say I didn’t know some of my colleagues are suffering. Most of us didn’t have good advisers and were left with nothing after retirement. Another objective of this foundation is creating jobs through football. If I can set up training centres across the country, I will need my colleagues. I believe in empowering people.”
CEO, I-Naira.com, Hillary Nwaukor, said his firm would begin auctioning the superstar’s memorabilia from August 1.

“We’re happy to partner the Jay Jay Okocha Foundation because we have same vision of giving back to the society. We will use our platform to auction his memorabilia from his playing days from August 1.

“This is a step in the right direction and I urge others to follow Jay Jay in giving back to the society as well. That is what I-Naira.com stands for.” He revealed.
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Top 10 Richest African Footballers: 3 Nigerians make the cut

3 ex and current Nigeria internationals; Mikel Obi, Kanu Nwankwo and Austin Okocha have been named in the top 10 African Richest Footballers list.

The study was conducted and published by French publication, Footendirect. I really don’t believe Okocha and Kanu are richer than Mikel. What is however difficult to ascertain is if the list was drawn up before or after Kanu’s recent setback.

10 Richest African Footballers

1. Samuel Eto’o/Antalyaspor: $202million

2. Yaya Touré/Manchester City: $170million

3. Didier Drogba/Montreal: $155million

4. Jay-Jay Okocha: $150million

5. Nwankwo Kanu: $100million

6. Michaël Essien/Panathinaïkos: $70million

7. Emmanuel Adebayor/Libre: $57million

8. Obi Mikel/Chelsea: $50million

9. Kolo Touré/Liverpool: $43million

10. Sulley Muntari/Al-Ittihad: $40million

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Meet JayJay Okocha's lovely children.

I saw a documentary on Nigerian soccer legend, Jay Jay Okocha about 14 years ago, it was a form of interview conducted in his house and I remember him showing off his kids. These two were so young then. How time flies! I know the girl bears Daniella, dunno the guy’s name. Th‎ey certainly bear uncanny resemblance to their father especially the dude.
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Photos: Ex-Super Eagles players wallop Nollywood stars 4-0 in awareness campaign match.

Forget it! Once a footballer, always a footballer. What were Nollywood stars thinking? That they could beat the African legends? Try harder! Albeit they hung their boots a long time ago, they are still effective.
An awareness campaign match hosted by the Human Rights Commission and aimed at promoting human and civil rights of individuals was held yesterday, Friday 28th March, 2014 at Abuja. The game which was between Nollywood stars and retired Super Eagles player ended in 4-0 in favour of the African legends.
Ex footballers who participated in the match include National team coach, Stephen Keshi; Taribo West, Peter Rufai, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, Mutiu Adepoju, Emmanuel Amunike, Austin Eguavoen, Daniel Amokachi, Alloy Agu to mention a few. Nollywood stars Emeka Enyiocha, Okey Bakassi, AY, Zaaki Adzee, M.I, Moses Inwang to mention a few.
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Jay Jay Okocha nabs new endorsement deal

Retired footballer and ex Super Eagles captain, Jay Jay Okocha has inked a multi-million naira endorsement deal with manufacturers of New Age Chargers. He was officially unveiled recently at the Golden Tulip Hotels Festac, Lagos.
The New Age mobile charger nicknamed ‘Okocha Charger’ is a power bank of five thousand two hundred amps which can charge phones ranging from Nokia, Blackberry, iPhones, Galaxy notes, etc. It can also be clipped on belt; plug
your device while it charges without any
Speaking at his unveiling, the former Hull City player stated that “The company has stood out amongst the crowd in their over nine years of operation, so when I was approached to be the face of its new mobile charger, I didn’t hesitate and that’s why I’m here today”.
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INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE: SIASIA AND OKOCHA JOIN THE TRAIN

Dear football lovers, if you think thrills, twists and intrigues can only be seen in English Premier League, Champions League, La Liga or Bundesliga games, wait until you see the new Indian Premier League.
The Indian Soccer Federation are bent on giving the aforementioned leagues a good run for their money.
India's new Premier Football League, a franchise-based and sports company which has had MP&Silva acquire its Global Broadcast Rights is kicking off soon.
The Legaue which will be broadcast in about 50 countries has engaged the services of many ex world class players.
Stars for the IPL include Fabio Cannavaro (Italy), Robbie Fowler (England), Robert Pires ( France ), Hernan Crespo (Argentina), Austin Jay Jay Okocha ( Nigeria ).
Managers For The Indian Premier League include Peter Reid (England), John Barnes (England), Samson Siasia (Nigeria), Marco Etcheverry (Bolivia), Colin Todd, Fernando Couto (Portugal), Teitur Thodarson (Iceland) and Milus Rus (Slovakia).
Samson Siasia in particular will manage Durgapur FC in the Indian Premier League and has signed for $190,000.

Congrats to Samson Siasia, there's this saying that when one door closes, another opens. But will the new Indian Premier League outshine EPL and others. Did someone just say NEVER? Let's see how it goes..

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